Post Chooses Debt Fixers Over Commerce Department Data

The Washington Post has been an unofficial partner in the corporate sponsored Campaign to Fix the Debt's efforts to cut Social Security and Medicare, devoting much of its news and opinion sections to advancing its agenda. This political position explains an article that examined the prospects for the U.S. economy after the budget impasse (a.k.a. the "fiscal cliff") is resolved. The piece relied extensively on assertions from David M. Cote, a prominent deficit hawk and the CEO of Honeywell.

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